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Uncertain mint, Rhoimetalkes I., bronze coin — Jugate heads of Augustus and Livia (CN type 12953)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

11 BC to AD –12

Coin in bronze under Rhoimetalkes I., dated 11 BC to AD –12. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12953 (period: Hellenistic Period/Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: ruler).

Obverse: Jugate heads of Rhoemetalces I and Pythodoris, right. Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΡΟΙΜΕΤΑΛΚΟΥ. Reverse: Jugate heads of Augustus and Livia, right; in front, capricorn with globe between forelegs. Legend: ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 11.98 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 27–28 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Burnett et al., RPC I: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. I: From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius: 44 BC-AD 69, London [u.a.] 1992, nr. 1709; Linked type corpus, RPC I, 1709.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
3
Photograph views
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Catalogue references
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Historical context

Rhoemetalces I became king of the Sapaean kingdom of Thrace in 12 BC after his nephew Rhescuporis II died without an heir. Rhoemetalces I was a loyal ally of Augustus, who ruled as the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until AD 14. Numismatic evidence provides the only record of Queen Pythodoris I, the wife of Rhoemetalces I. Rhoemetalces I ruled Thrace until his death in AD 12, after which Augustus divided the realm.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
27–28 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
11.98 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Authority type
Ruler
Issuing authority
Rhoimetalkes I.

Design

Obverse type
Jugate heads of Rhoemetalces I and Pythodoris, right.
Reverse type
Jugate heads of Augustus and Livia, right; in front, capricorn with globe between forelegs.
Obverse legend
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΡΟΙΜΕΤΑΛΚΟΥ
Reverse legend
ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ

Identification

Period
Hellenistic Period/Roman Imperial Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12953
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12953

Documentation checklist

Denomination
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Issue or mint date
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